Improvement in sulky-plows



UNrTnn STATES ATENT einenO ,JOHN R. JACKSON, OF PELAHATOHEE DEPOT, MISSISSIPPI. y

I'MPRovEM ENT |N suLKv-PLOWS.`

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 87,677, dated March` 9, 1869.

To all whom t may concern:

Beit known that I, J oHN R. JACKSON, of Pelahatchee Depot, county of Rankin, and State of Mississippi, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sulky-Plo-ws; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and the letters of reference marked thereon, .making part of this speciiication, in which- Figure l is. a side view with one wheel removed. Fig. 2 is a top view.

The nature of my invention consists in so arranging a sulky-plow that it will be the only machine in the nature of a plow that is required to prepare and cultivate a crop of most any of the products grown iu the United States,

' while at thesame timeit is simple in its workings, strong and durable, easily managed, and eflicient and expeditious.

To enable others skilled .in the art to make and use my invention, 1 will now proceed to,

work of the plow.

B B and B B are the cross-beams, which are firmly bolted to the front and rear of the side beams, A A. l i

C C are the beams, to which are fastened the uprights by means of which the lever-handles are operated and the plows raised or lowered, as required. These beams are so constructed that they can be moved either toward or away trom each other, as occasion requires. a a are the uprights, which are 4rmly secured to the beams O O a short distance in rear-of the center of the wheels, and are provided on their iront side with a toothed plate, o c, which projects a short `distance beyond the side of the upright. b b are the uprights, which are rmly secured on the front end of the beams O 0,'

and to which are pivoted the lever-handles D ,D. These lever-handles D D are each provided with a hole, through which passes a bolt,d, which is made with a square head at one end and screw-threads at the other, on which tits a nut. This bolt d passesA through a hole in the upper part of the shank of the plow, and .iastens the same to the lever. These leverhandles are also each provided with a plate, c', which. tits in the toothed plate o and keeps the plow in the position desired.

with a hole, e4, and at its upper end with screwthreads and nut e5. Y

a a are slots in the beams O C, through which pass the shanks E E. The front or center plow E3 is fastened in the same way as the others, with the exception that the shankE and the upright b are fastened to the pole, while the shank E passes .through a slot in the rear of the pole, between the beams B and B, and is fastened to the lever D' by means ofthe bolt d anda nut. This plow can be detached when not necessary for use.

The operation is as follows: The machine as shown in the drawings is represented as ready t0 lay off and ridge up with two furrows. After this is done you can detach the center plow. This is done by simply unscrewing the nut on the bolt d and withdrawing the shank E, while at the same time l vou Vunhook the shank E from the ring o2. The other plows can be detached in a similar manner. After you have detached the center plow, widen the gage between the other two plows, and you are ready to throw two more furrovvs to the ridges. Continue t'hisoperation until the lands are plowed out or ridged up. After the land is ridged up and you desire to work'from the ridges, shift the plows from right to left, and vice versa, and you are ready to bar olf the ridge. Again, detach the lefthand plow and insertanother with right Wing set to run parallel with but a shortdistance inV rear of the other, and you are ready to fallow or break up land broadcast, two fnrrows at the same time.

Again, by attaching to my frame-work as at present arranged three shovel plo ws or' sweeps, or any other shaped plow now in use,you have a machine prepared to cultivate corn, cotton, potatoes, or any kind of grain. t

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim therein as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States,

l. The beams C C, levers D D, tooth-plated nprights c a, in combination with the adjustable und reversible p1oWsE2E2, when the whole is constructed and arranged substantially as described, as and for the purpose specified.

2. The detachable center plow E3, E, and E', with lever D', and upright b', as constructed, when the same is so arranged as to be used iu combination with the two side plows, E2 E2,

substantially as described, as and for the purpose specified.

1n testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification iu the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

JOHN R. JACKSON.

Witnesses:

T. D. HARRIS, J A. PENN. 

